Ryan Miller will be an unrestricted free agent after this season. All indications are he'll open the season with Buffalo, but will the Sabres trade him sometime during the season?

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Since Wednesday is Day 1 for NHL training camps, that means one thing for sure: The suffering officially begins for the Buffalo Sabres.

With the Sabres admittedly in rebuilding mode, general manager Darcy Regier warned fans in April that there may very well be "suffering" as talented youngsters adjust to the NHL game, either on the fly in Buffalo or during an apprenticeship with the Rochester Americans.

The team fired the longest-tenured coach in the NHL in February, traded its captain in early April and missed the Stanley Cup playoff party for the second consecutive season. ...